Restored tiltrotor aircraft at American Helicopter Museum only one on
public display

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 24, 2012 —
One of six Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor combat aircraft used for
full-scale development has been restored with coatings donated by PPG
Industries’ (NYSE:
PPG) aerospace business for display at the American
Helicopter Museum and Education Center in West Chester.

RESTORED V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft is shown after being repainted with coatings donated by PPG Industries' (NYSE:
PPG) aerospace business for display at the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center in West Chester, Pa. (Photo: Business Wire)

PPG Aerospace donated Eco-Prime military primers and DESOTHANE(R) HS
military and defense topcoats to create the special white, red and
glossy black color scheme that met the original Federal Aviation
Administration requirements.

On loan to the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center from the
U.S. Marine Corps, the V-22 Osprey is full-scale development aircraft
No. 3 and the only one on public display in the world, according to Amy
Krize, the museum’s marketing and public relations manager. It had been
displayed outside on the museum grounds since the late 1990s and showed
wear.

The museum often gets offers from the U.S. military for loans of
helicopters and other aircraft no longer in use, Krize said. “It’s our
job to take care of them,” she said. “We wanted the Osprey to be
restored and have it painted because of its historical significance.”

The museum took the request to Boeing Mobility in Philadelphia, where
the fuselage, subassemblies, digital avionics and flight control systems
for the V-22 are assembled. Boeing and partner Bell Helicopter
manufacture the tiltrotor aircraft. Boeing took it from there, and
that’s when PPG Aerospace’s Philadelphia-area application support center
learned of the restoration and offered to donate coatings and painting
supplies, according to Michael Ziemski, PPG Aerospace Total Service
Solutions chemical manager.

Ziemski worked with Duane Utter, PPG Aerospace segment manager, military
coatings and classified products, in Sylmar, Calif., who oversaw
production of the primers and special-color coatings at PPG’s Mojave,
Calif., aerospace plant.

Boeing employees volunteered to repaint the V-22, which included
removing the 20-year-old original paint that had endured severe
weathering.

Visitors to the American Helicopter Museum can now see what Gerald
Garten, senior manager, manufacturing research and development, Boeing
Research and Technology, Philadelphia, called “a world-class restoration
of our beloved V-22.”

The V-22 Osprey is a special program also for PPG Aerospace, which
supplies waterborne primers, topcoats, transparencies, and environmental
and fuel tank sealants for production aircraft. Additionally, the PPG
Aerospace ASC-Philadelphia in Mount Laurel, N.J., provides chemical
management services to Boeing Mobility through PPG Total Service
Solutions.

The V-22 Osprey is a joint-service, multirole combat aircraft using
tiltrotor technology to combine the vertical performance of a helicopter
with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft. It is manufactured
under a 50-50 strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc.
company, and Boeing.

PPG Aerospace is the aerospace products and services business of PPG
Industries. PPG Aerospace – PRC-DeSoto is the leading global producer
and distributor of aerospace coatings, sealants, and packaging and
application systems. PPG Aerospace – Transparencies is the world’s
largest supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies.

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